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CHATHAM, Illinois, United States
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I am a Board Certified Behavior Analyst for a public school district in Central Illinois. My journey there started when I was an undergraduate student studying education. During that time, I worked as an in-home therapist using discrete trial instruction for a student with autism and fell in love with the field. I completed my B.S. in Special Education and worked as a special education teacher for 8 years before I became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and made the leap to clinical work. My clinical experiences include behavior analytic consultation in residential, day program, and public school settings as well as outpatient Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Preview of Weekly DTT Data Sheets (Acquisition and Fluency)

Weekly DTT Data Sheets (Acquisition and Fluency)

Keep a whole week's worth of Discrete Trial Teaching data on one sheet for all of your targeted programs. Data sheets for acquisition targets as well as fluency programming are included in this product.
Preview of CVC Short "o" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

CVC Short "o" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

Visually structured tasks are not only an evidence-based intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder, they are wonderful tools for teaching skills and fostering independence in learners with all levels of educational needs! This set comes with 5 levels of differentiation for your phonics instruction targeting CVC words with the short "o" sound. Each level has 13-20 exemplars of words with opportunities to spell words with different levels of text prompts. Missing letters are at all t
Preview of CVC Short "u" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

CVC Short "u" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

Visually structured tasks are not only an evidence-based intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder, they are wonderful tools for teaching skills and fostering independence in learners with all levels of educational needs! This set comes with 5 levels of differentiation for your phonics instruction targeting CVC words with the short "u" sound. Each level has 16-20 exemplars of words with opportunities to spell words with different levels of text prompts. Missing letters are at all t
Preview of CVC Short "i" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

CVC Short "i" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

Visually structured tasks are not only an evidence-based intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder, they are wonderful tools for teaching skills and fostering independence in learners with all levels of educational needs! This set comes with 5 levels of differentiation for your phonics instruction targeting CVC words with the short "i" sound. Each level has 16-20 exemplars of words with opportunities to spell words with different levels of text prompts. Missing letters are at all t
Preview of CVC Short "e" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

CVC Short "e" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

Visually structured tasks are not only an evidence-based intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder, they are wonderful tools for teaching skills and fostering independence in learners with all levels of educational needs! This set comes with 5 levels of differentiation for your phonics instruction targeting CVC words with the short "e" sound. Each level has 12-20 exemplars of words with opportunities to spell words with different levels of text prompts. Missing letters are at all t
Preview of CVC Short "a" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

CVC Short "a" Adapted Book Series - 5 Differentiated Levels

Visually structured tasks are not only an evidence-based intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder, they are wonderful tools for teaching skills and fostering independence in learners with all levels of educational needs! This set comes with 5 levels of differentiation for your phonics instruction targeting CVC words with the short "a" sound. Each level has 16-20 exemplars of words with opportunities to spell words with different levels of text prompts. Missing letters are at all t
Preview of DTT Segmenting and Blending Phonemic Awareness Program Tracking

DTT Segmenting and Blending Phonemic Awareness Program Tracking

Use this handy form to keep track of mastered programs in your student's phonemic awareness segmenting and blending DTT programs. It is recommended that you use this sequence when using the DTT Digital Flashcard sets below so that your student has the prerequisite skills to master each flashcard set. Segment and Blend CVC Words BUNDLEDecoding Words with Vowel Teams BUNDLEDecoding Words with Consonant Blends BUNDLEDecoding Words with Silent e (Coming Soon) Decoding Words with Consonant Digraphs
Preview of Color Word Sentences Adapted Book Series - 4 Levels w/ letter boxes

Color Word Sentences Adapted Book Series - 4 Levels w/ letter boxes

Adapted book series that uses letter boxes and color coding to provide visual cues to assist your student as reading skills are developed! Visually structured tasks are not only an evidence-based intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder, they are wonderful tools for teaching skills and fostering independence in learners with all levels of educational needs! This set comes with 4 levels of differentiation for your student to learn to read color words. Sentences use a handful of hig
Preview of Reading Color Words Heart Themed Adapted Book - 3 Level Series

Reading Color Words Heart Themed Adapted Book - 3 Level Series

Cute Valentine-themed adapted books that you can use all year round! Visually structured tasks are not only an evidence-based intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder, they are wonderful tools for teaching skills and fostering independence in learners with all levels of educational needs! This set comes with 3 levels of differentiation for your student to learn to read color words. Each level targets 11 color words with different levels of picture and color-coding prompts. This a
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Experience

I am a Board Certified Behavior Analyst for a public school district in Central Illinois. My journey there started when I was an undergraduate student studying education. During that time, I worked as an in-home therapist using discrete trial instruction for a student with autism and fell in love with the field. I completed my B.S. in Special Education and worked as a special education teacher for 8 years before I became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and made the leap to clinical work. My clinical experiences include behavior analytic consultation in residential, day program, and public school settings as well as outpatient Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Teaching style

I am extremely passionate about evidence-based practices for children with autism. I love using systematic approaches to help struggling learners and wish I would have understood more about the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to design better instructional interventions when I first started teaching.

Awards & shining teacher moments

2007 Sam's Club Teacher of the Year (Springfield, IL)